About me

Twelve novels out in Danish, three in French, two in Portuguese, and one in English (THE TSAR'S DWARF, Hawthorne, 2008). Just finished a new novel in English about a man's clumsy attempt at reaching Enlightenment in an ashram in India.

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A Anã Do Czar (Portuguese, 2006)

"Like 'The Elephant Man' by David Lynch, Peter H. Fogtdal's novel celebrates the life and the dignity of those who were considered sub-humans. It's a wonderful novel where the pursuit of human dignity is narrated with a masterly mixture of drama and humour." Sergio Luis de Carvalho, Portuguese novelist.

Zarens dværg (Danish, 2006)

"It's immensely liberating to read this grotesque novel far out of the fringes of fiction. It has been many years since Danish literature produced such a phantasmagorical novel that brushes so closely to plausible historical reality." Niels Houkjær, Berlingske Tidende, Denmark

Satire på P3 søndag morgen 1989-1992

One of my Spiritual Heroes

Francesco d'Assisi (Francis of Assisi to you English speakers). What a man, what a Saint. And he loved animals, too!

David Huda (1898-1982)

My grand father David Huda from Safed and Sæby whose amazing life inspired my novel Drømmeren fra Palæstina (Le Reveur de Palestine). Picture is from 1966.

Before It All Went Wrong ...

Marie Huda Fogtdal (1933-2004)

My late wonderful mother Marie Huda Fogtdal (1933-2004) who inspired the last story in Skorpionens hale (Scorpion's Tale) - an uplifting fairy tale about death. Picture is from 2004, six months before she passed.

And Here's Another:

Rumi. Persian 13th Century Sufi Saint and poet. Read his poetry. No one does it better.